No, Yellowstone is NOT Spewing Lava – Despite What Facebook Tells You

A recent Facebook post about lava shooting out of a geyser in Yellowstone National Park has gone viral. Sorry folks, this didn't happen.

This Facebook update posted by Casper Planet has a lot of people talking about lava spewing at Yellowstone National Park. The post has gotten over 57,000 shares, and will probably have lot more by the time you read this.

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Yellowstone Lava Geyser

For the first time in recorded human history, lava has shot out of one of the...

For those who do not know, Casper Planet is a satirical Facebook page that posts exaggerated and spoof type content. Hats off to Casper Planet for this viral hit. It is actually pretty impressive to see this kind of interaction from a small page like this. Although many recognize and see the fun in this, a quick scroll through the comment section proves that many believe this is true. This is NOT true.

Snopes has even gotten in on the action by quickly debunking this claim. As Snopes points out, "the image that accompanied this report did not originate with anything occurring at Yellowstone National Park. It is a screen grab taken from a video shot by the University of Hawaii’s Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV) showing lava entering the ocean at Kalapana in July 2008" (See video below)